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Post by redfishstan on Dec 14, 2020 1:28:56 GMT
After being advised by Adpbe that it was possible to put Photoshop on a dedicated portable 5T hard drive, I have done so. My new laptop is only 500G and storage is the issue. Problem: When opening PS on the portable HD, it wants to open the install on the laptop HD instead. How can I get it to open on the portable HD?
Thank You
Stan
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Post by Sepiana on Dec 14, 2020 1:55:29 GMT
Hi Stan, we need more information.
- Which version of Photoshop Elements do you have?
- How are you opening it? Via a desktop shortcut or via the Home screen?
- I'm assuming you are on Windows. Which version?
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Post by redfishstan on Dec 14, 2020 2:17:25 GMT
PE 2020, latest version of windows, 10 I belive.. Initial install always wants to open in home, would want to open with a short cut. I do not use the cloud nor do I want to.
Stan
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Post by Sepiana on Dec 14, 2020 2:44:11 GMT
Stan,
If you want to create a shortcut to launch the Editor directly, . . .
1. Click to open the drive where you installed PSE 2020.
2. Navigate the path below to the PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe file.
Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 2020\PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe
3. Right-click on the PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe file.
4. Select Send to > Desktop (create shortcut).
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Post by redfishstan on Dec 14, 2020 2:52:47 GMT
Have already done that on my new laptop, just need to know how to do everything on the 5T hard drive as my new laptop is to small for everything that is on my old computer. Want to do everything on the hard drive that is dedicated to photography.
Thanks
Stan
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Post by Andy on Dec 14, 2020 3:11:24 GMT
You say your laptop has a 500Gb hard drive. That is generally more than sufficient to run applications. Can I ask why you want to put Photoshop on a portable drive? What is filling up your laptop hard drive?
I think you will find the application performance will not be as good running off a portable (I'm assuming USB) drive than running on the internal laptop drive.
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Post by redfishstan on Dec 14, 2020 3:23:27 GMT
The photos on my old computer take up more then 500G. Would prefer to have my photos and PE all in the same place, not needing to move photos back and forth all the time.
Stan
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 14, 2020 7:07:20 GMT
The photos on my old computer take up more then 500G. Would prefer to have my photos and PE all in the same place, not needing to move photos back and forth all the time. Stan I can see several advantages to having the program installed on an external drive, such as being able to plug it into any old computer wherever you may be and going on with your editing; however, I bet the developers have thought this through also and designed it to not be possible to run on an external. As for moving pictures back and forth, so long as your originals and your edits, PSDs, RAWs, and so forth are all stored on the external, then there should not be any moving to and fro, even with the program on the internal drive. I have all of my programs and operating system on a separate internal SSD; none of my pictures nor anything else resides on that drive. If you are using a laptop, although it is not quite so good as having separate disks/drives, you can partition the existing disk/drive such that the system and all programs reside on one partition and everything else on another = this is highly advantageous. |
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Post by Andy on Dec 14, 2020 12:47:28 GMT
Even if you install PSE on a portable drive, some parts of the installation will be installed in the Windows registry and the Windows special folders. So while you will save drive space, I wouldn't count on PSE running correctly from one computer to the next.
I understand wanting to have the photos in a common place. I agree with the prior poster - This can be accomplished if you install PSE on both computers (I believe Adobe allows you to install it on two computers at the same time).
Also, please make sure you have a backup of those photos - wherever they are.
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Post by redfishstan on Dec 14, 2020 16:32:42 GMT
OK, doesn't sound like it will work as I would like it to. I have done a full backup from my original computer to the HD. If I do a restore catalogue from the HD to the new computer will it bring only the thumbnails over or will it bring the photos also. If it brings thumbnails only I'm good to go .If it brings the full photos over there is not enough room. Am I on the right track here or should I be doing somthing differently??
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Post by michelb on Dec 14, 2020 19:47:09 GMT
First, decide what should be stored on your local SSD drive and what should be stored on an external USB drive.
My personal choice with a 500 GB SSD internal drive and external USB3 drives: - Install the Elements program on the internal drive.
- Be sure to have a backup program for that system and programs drive.
- Restore your full Organizer backup to one of your external drives. This will restore both your catalog folder (not only the thumbnails) as well as your media files tree(s). That's my choice, and I can't see noticeable loss of speed in the editor or the organizer in storing the catalog together on the same USB external drive rather than in the internal drive. The additional advantage is to be able to use the same catalog and photo files alternatively on two computers with the same version, just by plugging the external drive alternatively to each computer (two distant desktops, a desktop and a laptop...) The license is valid for two activated computers.
- use one or more external drives for your full backups. - It's a good idea to use an external drive for another backup or syncing software. (I do use the legacy Microsoft SyncToy to sync with a second drive.) - It's a good idea also to use the PSE2021 option to save only the catalog structure (understand: the whole catalog folder minus the thumbnail cache, which can be recreated automatically.) For older versions, just create a full copy of the catalog folder after each editing session).
- With 500 GB SSD, set your preferences for sratch disk on that SSD drive. For users without a SSD, it is recommended to set it on another internal drive.
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Post by redfishstan on Dec 14, 2020 20:33:48 GMT
I have PE 2020 installed of my old computer as well as my new one and my hard drive. My new computer has no tags in the catalog. If I restore my cataloge on the new computer will it bring only the tags and thumb nails only? If it tries to bring the photos also there won't be room. Thanks for the help, even though some of the terminology is beond me.
Stan
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Post by michelb on Dec 14, 2020 22:31:35 GMT
Restoring a full backup on a new computer always restores both the photo/video files AND the catalog folder which contains the database and the thumbnail cache. So don't try to restore if you don't have enough free space. So the solution is to restore those two kinds of data on an external drive. This restore can be done from the old or from the new computer by specifying the external drive as the destination. - start with creating your new master folder just under the root of the external drive, name it something like 'My Photo library'. - you can restore from either computer using the external drive with the backup folder as the source and the other computer as the destination. - At the end of the restore, you'll have your photo files and your catalog folder just under the 'My Photo library'. The catalog folder will have the name of the catalog. - In the catalog folder, you'll have a file named 'catalog.pse19db' (for pse2021). It's the main database in your catalog. - If you double click on that catalog.pse19db file, your organizer will open with that catalog. All your tagging and organization will be available. - If you switch to the other computer and also double click the same file, it will be the same. The only important requisite is that the external drive with the restored catalog and library has the same drive letter seen from both computer.
Now, you have the PSE programs installed on two computers and a shared catalog+photo library you can plug alternatively to each of your computers.
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Post by redfishstan on Dec 15, 2020 0:24:08 GMT
I think I have most of it. My question here would be what exactly is the root of the external drive?
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 15, 2020 6:46:13 GMT
I think I have most of it. My question here would be what exactly is the root of the external drive? If I understand your question, the "root" is the very first "layer (so to speak)" before any folders; what might be considered the head of the creek; the beginning. Any of that make sense to you --- to anyone ? |
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